Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant, in Maryland, has continued operating online throughout the recent earthquake event; though it is on its lowest
"special event" rating. Personally, if I was in charge at Calvert Cliffs, I would have shut the reactor down- just to be on the safe side. But then
I've realized, that the action would have caused havoc, on the electrical grid; especially for Baltimore City hospitals.

I went outside and I'd never seen so many! I'm not a normal chem-trail follower, but it was noticeable.

I'm only about 20 minute drive from the epicenter. Fredericksburg, VA

I am not a chemtrail follower either and I usually laugh even when I see the contrails in the sky. I went outside for a smoke and I looked up. (like
always I am looking for those little green men) And I saw this long FAT contrail and I had a little private giggle about it. I had to tell someone on
here though cuz some people take this very seriously.

Could you estimate the length of time you giggled? Were you disrupted in your private giggling, or did it just stop naturally?

Then go vomit. These people were freaked out because they never have quakes there. It must have been very frightening for them.And,yes, unusual
events that happen in that area are brought to the forefront. The White House is there, well, you know what all is there, the government is there.

I'm not an expert, wrdwzrd, but I read/heard somewhere that it's mostly bedrock along the fault line and when that is the case, the reverberations are
felted farther and more strongly. Again, just passing along something that sounds like it would make sense. Can anyone confirm?

I work at an environmental consulting firm, chock full of geologists, hydrogeos, etc. They said the fact that the east coast is mostly bedrock
accounts for the fact it traveled so far. That, and the fact it was only 3.5 miles deep, versus twice that in Cali (typically). Rock is a great
conducter versus a sandy/silty loam.

One odd footnote worth mentioning....

The people in my office that were standing did not notice the earthquake. I was sitting right next to someone standing, talking on their cell phone
and I got up and started pushing him out of the aisle and he yelled "What are you doing??" lol

I wouldnt have thought there would be that much a difference depending on what position you were in. When we evacuated, most of the people were
talking about just that.

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake happened at 1:51 p.m. at a depth of 3.7 miles. The quake was centered 27 miles east
of Charlottesville, Va., near the town of Mineral in Louisa County, Va.

The movement lasted for no more than 30 seconds.

Minutes after the quake, the director of the USGS, Marcia McNutt -- who watched objects falling from the shelves in her office -- cautioned that the
shaking might not be over.

"What the concern is, of course, is that this is a foreshock. If it's a foreshock, then the worst is yet to come," McNutt told
The Washington Post.

Residents in Northern Virginia described it like "a freight train coming through the house."

I knew someone would have to rise up to be the hero, didn't think it would take this long.

Get your star points and move on, NO excuse for grown people to act like children over a 5.9 no excuse, I don't care if Jesus is in Washington, thats
just all there is to it for me.

When you sit without clean water for days after a hurricane while everyone in Washington sits on there ass like nothing is happening and then watch
how the headlines of this is evolving, it's ridiculous on every level, if you don't like that then oh freaking well.

Yes there was one on Aug,22nd 2011 and it aligned Earth, The sun and Neptune. I just find it strange that Colorado has one of its biggest earthquakes
in history on the same day as a predicted alignment is all.

It has to do with the type of medium the waves travel through. A smaller quake in the east will always travel farther and do more damage than a quake
on the west coast. This is why the New Madrid fault zone is so dangerous. A 7 on the New madrid would do the equivalent damage as a 8+ on the west
coast, because of the crustal make up.

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